This Is The Best Type Of Picture To Use For Your Dating Profile

And you definitely have a few.

Currently swiping for love? Then you’ve got to know this: Hinge, a relationship app, recently analysed some 180,000 user photos with the goal of finding out if travel pics get you more interest. And it turns out that they do.

Although only 3.4 percent of the photos on dating profiles are travel photos, they get 30 percent more likes. The study also found that women’s pics in Maui and Santorini receive 60% and 93% more likes respectively than the average photo. So if you’ve visited those hot spots, you know what pics to put up.

If you haven’t, finding photos with similar-looking backgrounds (gorgeous beaches, seaside towns) just might do the trick.

Plus, us ladies sure like our men well-travelled—Hinge also found that we’re 33 percent more likely than our male counterparts to initiate a conversation with someone with a travel photo.

But back to acing your dating profile. Got too many travel pics and unsure which to use? CLEO’s Sub-editor and only male staffer, Syafii (who also did our pole dancing story), can help. Scroll the gallery to find out what he thinks about the seven common types of travel pics.

“This pic shows she’s up for adventure, because hiking up a mountain is no joke. That her back is facing the camera is a refreshing break from the usual straight-on shot.”

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“This is probably an idiosyncrasy of mine, but I’m not a fan of selfies in general. This pic, in particular, says: “I’m in San Francisco now. There’s nobody around to help me take a picture of me, but I really want the world to see that I’m in San Fran, so I’m going to take this pic myself.”

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“The backdrop is vaguely foreign, but I can’t tell exactly where she’s at because the shot is so tight. So she gets extra points for mystique (the dark sunglasses adds to this too).”

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“I don’t get yoga pics. Mainly because they’re super common – seriously, 1 in 5 girls have a yoga pic on their dating profile (the only thing more common than yoga pics are “star jump” pics. What’s that all about?). I’m not offended by yoga pics; they just tell me next to nothing about your personality.”

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“I think it’s good to put up some pics with your friends where the focus isn’t squarely on you – it shows you’re not a narcissist. This pic in particular has an interesting composition and an arresting play of colours – it tells me she has taste and an eye for what makes for a good photograph.”

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“This shot looks kinda contrived: in a foreign city with your eyes closed, head tilted to the sky with a slight smile – come on, this has got to be a staged shot.”

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“I have a personal disdain for pics that show someone pensively looking into the sunset. They’re obviously staged, and are super corny.”